
[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8432-5]

 
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts; Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam 
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's decision to amend the 2003 and 
2005 Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED) documents for the 
antimicrobial pesticides Ziram and Ferbam (Reregistration Case 2180). 
EPA conducted a reassessment of the Ziram and Ferbam REDs upon learning 
that the salts Potassium Dimethyldithiocarbamate and Sodium 
Dimethyldithiocarbamate were not evaluated at the same time as the rest 
of case 2180. The Agency has conducted a risk assessment and issued a 
RED addendum for the Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts, which were 
inadvertently not included in the 2003 and 2005 Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision documents for Ziram and Ferbam. This notice opens 
an additional 60-day public comment period for Dimethyldithiocarbamate 
Salts because a previous comment period for the Risk Assessment portion 
of this addendum was restricted to registrants only.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). 
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0321. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, 
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other

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contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or 
CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be 
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of 
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects 
or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index 
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, 
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet 
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac 
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 
operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 
number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials Division 
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide 
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, 
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency 
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be 
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

     1.  Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
     iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
     viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA) directs EPA to reevaluate existing pesticides to ensure 
that they meet current scientific and regulatory standards. In 2003 and 
2005, EPA issued REDs for Ziram and Ferbam, respectively, under section 
4(g)(2)(A) of FIFRA. The associated Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts RED 
reflects the evaluation of the final two active ingredients in case 
2180, which were inadvertently not included in the 2003 and 2005 Ziram 
and Ferbam Reregistration Eligibility Decision documents, as well as 
efforts by the Agency to appropriately mitigate overall risk. The RED 
amendment for Ziram and Ferbam concludes EPA's reregistration 
eligibility decision-making process for these pesticides.
    The Agency evaluated Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate and Potassium 
Dimethyldithiocarbamate and determined that products containing 
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts are eligible for reregistration, provided 
that the risk mitigation measures identified within the 
Dimethyldithiocrabmante Salts RED addendum are adopted and labels are 
amended accordingly. The label table incorporated into the 
Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts RED addendum includes modifications which 
specify label language for protecting occupational handlers from 
inhalation exposure to powdered end-use products, as well as amending 
the environmental hazards statement for clarity.

B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, directs that, after 
submission of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the 
Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active 
ingredient are eligible for reregistration,'' before calling in product 
specific data on individual end-use products and either reregistering 
products or taking other ``appropriate regulatory action.''

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, 
Dimethyldithiocarbamate salts, Potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate, 
Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, Ferbam, Ziram.

    Dated: August 26, 2009.
 Joan Harrigan Farrelly,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E9-22293 Filed 9-15-09; 8:45 am]

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